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Harrisburg writers Joe Farrell and Joe Farley recently released the third installment of their book series "Keystone Tombstones," published by Sunbury Press.

The book focuses on Pennsylvania graves of people who played a noteworthy role in the Civil War. The book accents the contribution Pennsylvania had in restoring the Union and ending slavery.

"Much of the nation's history resides in Pennsylvania, and we intend on enlightening and entertaining our audience with these mini-biographies," Mr. Farley said.

Because of the abundance of information for the new volume, titled "Keystone Tombstones Civil War," and to produce it in time for the 150th anniversary of the war and the Battle of Gettysburg, the duo accepted help from Lawrence Knorr, author and owner of Sunbury Press, who offered to write some chapters.

The book consists of short, historically accurate stories that each are about six pages in length. The book also has more than 100 illustrations the authors acquired during their research and travels throughout the state.

"The book took about six months from the concept of the book to it being published, mainly because we had a large amount of information from other volumes," Mr. Farrell said.

Mr. Knorr said that his wife, Tammi, not only did the photography for the book but also suggested the idea for the book to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

"Keystone Tombstones Civil War" is available in hardcopy at Amazon.com or at the publisher's website.

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